percophid
/pəːˈkɒfɪd/ /pəːˈkəʊfɪd/Zoology rare
noun
A fish of the perciform family Percophidae, which comprises slender deep-sea fishes having a flattened head and projecting lower jaw.
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating fishes of the family Percophidae.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Isaac Funk (1839–1912), publisher and reformer. From scientific Latin Percophidae, family name from Percophis, genus name + classical Latin -idae.
- diehard
- die-in
- die in bed
- die in harness
- diel
- dieldrin
- dielectric
- dielectrically
- dielectric constant
- dielectric heating
- dielectrophoresis
- die like flies
- die link
- Diels–Alder
- Diels–Alder reaction
- Dien Bien Phu
- diencephalic
- diencephalon
- diene
- die-off
- die on one's feet
- die on the Order Paper
- die on the vine
- die (or drop) like flies
- Dieppe